What's in the News

We have been SO crazy busy with SO many things lately. I'm hoping to get around to posting about some of them before too long (even though I don't have pictures to go along with any of it). But first, we decided to was time to share some news. Here is what we recently sent our family (We printed it out with pictures, but I couldn't get it all to come up on here AND our scanner doesn't work, BUT you get the idea)....

Ode to Family

Some of you’ve been asking,
and really want to know.
Is there a baby in Mauri’s tummy?
Will she ever show?
So, in answer to your questions,
We’re sending you this little verse.
Mauri’s feeling so much better,
in the beginning it was much worse.
Indeed, there is a baby inside,
and April 13th is when it’s due.
We won’t find out the sex this time,
A surprise for US and You.
Kyri wants a girl,
to play with oh so much.
Graysen wants a brother,
to kick and poke and punch.
And so, the next time you see us,
Mauri’s belly will start to show.
Of course, there’s a baby on the way!
Isn’t that what you all want to know?

We never tell our families we're expecting until we know the gender of our baby, but since we aren't going to find out....we still waited a while :) We are really excited and looking forward to one more source of chaos around here! Oh, and even though Kyri wanted a sister at first she is now hoping it's a boy!!

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Halloween....and Such

Well just as we were getting the kids into their costumes it became a downpour outside! We waited a while, but kids kept coming to OUR door...in the pouring rain...so Kyri kept asking if we could go. It finally cleared up, just long enough for us to hit a few houses in the neighborhood!

Seriously....have you ever seen such cute little animals before?!?!

The lamb and the lion

pleased as punch to be all dressed up

all dressed up with no place to go...EXCEPT Trick-or-Treating...and she is READY!

The kids were really getting anxious, so while it was pouring outside and kids were knocking on our door I decided to put one candy in each of their buckets.

This picture cracks me up because Kyri's looking at who-knows-what and Gray could care less about anything but his CANDY!!

The kids had a great time trick-or-treating and never complained about being cold.

And the best part is that they have never even asked to eat any of their Halloween candy!! When we got home they each got to choose one candy to eat. They both picked NERDS which spilled all over the floor and involved some crying. We put the rest of their candy up and we haven't even heard a word about it. Kyri talks about trick-or-treating and we look at these pictures (and others, which include their candy), so it's not like she forgot...but I'm not going to mention it if they don't!! Surely Gray is wishing at this point he knew a few words, though, because I'm sure he'd be begging for it if he just knew how to talk!! :)

Sunday afternoon we decided to make a yummy Halloween treat....because the candy just wasn't enough sugar! Here's our black and orange (it actually looked more orange in real life) Oreo Dessert

YUMMMM-MY!

On Monday we got to go to the Pumpkin Patch for Kyri's Joy School field trip. Yes, we went, even after Halloween. It was actually supposed to be last Monday, but it got rained out. Anyway, the kids had a great time! Here they are picking out their very own pumpkins!

The best one of the bunch

although, Gray found one slightly bigger

They got to go on this little "train" ride and they both LOVED it!

However, for some reason, Graysen was not about to sit on the little seat next to Kyri. I tried and tried to put him there, but he really REALLY wanted to sit in the bottom. And so he did. For the entire ride! All the other moms were laughing because at first they didn't know where he went...and then they saw just the top of his head! Too cute!

Another funny photo.

Again, Kyri's doing who-knows-what (she's very good at that) and Gray is totally posing for the picture.

Plus, Graysen looks as big as Kyri in this picture....maybe they're twins?!

I love that he's sleeping with Kyri's baby doll! :)

Sunday afternoons turn into family naps in our bed. Gray always starts out in his own bed, but ends up here. And Kyri usually falls asleep around the time Gray comes in. It's kind of a nice little tradition we've started.

The other night Kyri wanted to sleep in a "tent". That meant we also had to make one for Gray. This is what we came up with

Graysen LOVED this! The top of his crib was completely covered and I thought it would be down in seconds, but he actually left it there!

Kyri really loved the idea of this, but never got to sleep in it. :( She lost that privilege when I could no longer count on my hands how many times she came out of her bedroom that night!

It was fun while it lasted, I guess.

Dirty

His clothes were so filthy they had to come off before we even came into the house. If this boy ever steps foot outside he is immediately "digging"...and dirty!